Vikki Tobart

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CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop (Clarkson Potter; October 16, 2018) by Vikki Tobak and with a foreword by Questlove is an inside look at the work of hip-hop photographers told through their contact sheets. Featuring rare never nefore seen outtakes from over 100 photo shoots with interviews and essays from industry legends, this book takes us on a chronological journey from old-school to alternative hip-hop, and from analog to digital photography.

Would you be interested in an interview with Vikki Tobak?  She is available for interviews Monday, October 15 through Friday, November 16, 2018.

Tobak has curated a visual anthology of the most important rap and hip-hop artists. From the last shoots of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls just weeks before their deaths, to Al Pereira’s shoot of Queen Latifah on the set of “Fly Girl,” to Jerome Albertini’s shoot of all the members of Wu-Tang Clan, CONTACT HIGH features rare photos of iconic artists, some of which have never been shared by the photographers before including images of Kanye West, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Kendrick Lamar, NAS, N.W.A.and more.

VIKKI TOBAK is a journalist whose writing has appeared in The Fader, Complex, Mass Appeal, Paper, i-D, the Detroit News, Vibe, and many others. She is a former producer and columnist for CBS MarketWatch, CNN, Bloomberg News, TechTV, and other leading media organizations. Vikki is also the founding curator of FotoDC’s film program and served as the art commissioner/curator for the Palo Alto Public Art Commission in Silicon Valley. She has lectured about music photography at American University, VOLTA New York, Photoville, the Library of Congress, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.